A PICTORIAL SILHOUETTE AGATE BOTTLE

OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1860

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A PICTORIAL SILHOUETTE AGATE BOTTLE
Official School, 1780-1860
Of rounded-rectangular shape, the soft pale gray stone with brown markings cleverly utilized to create a scene of two monkeys under a tree, well hollowed, stopper
2½in. (6.3cm.) high

來源

Gerd Lester Collection, New York.

拍品專文

This is the silhouette style of the Official School, in which a thin plane of darker material is cut through to create the design (see, also, lot 115).
Monkeys were a popular design for this official range of bottles, as the monkey (hou) is a homonym for marquis (hou), the second highest grade among the nobility, and represents the aspiration for a corresponding raise in rank.